10 November: Stereolab, supported by Dymaxion. 9:30 Club, Washington D.C. 

    What can I say?  The mighty Stereolab blew away D.C.'s dull collegians and dreary bureaucrats.  Groovy euro stylings; at the front of the post-rock non-revolution; Kraut Rock (Neu, Kraftwerk), 50's lounge lizard, Michel Legrand  influences.

    An opening act sort of a Klezmer/Americana mixture followed by stripped down indie-rock from Italian pretenders, 3 Second Kiss, on their first US tour. 

    June of '44 pulled out all the stops.  A diverse set covering the highlights of this year's Anahata (one of my albums of the year) including the superb "Cardiac Atlas" and "Equators Bi-Polar" plus "Anisette" from Tropics and Meridians.  One of the best maritime fixated bands to come of of Louisville for a long time.

    Brrr!  It was darn cold in 9:30 Club.  Slight overkill on the ol' air conditioning.  Half the audience left after godspeed!  Don't think it was the air conditioning.  This was an absolutely stunning performance.  All the rumours are right - this is an unbelievable collective.  Such colour and dynamic.  Labradford were good too, but couldn't compare to the pinnacles scaled by godspeed!
 

•     IQU - Seattle based turntable, guitar and electronic trio.
•     Cornelius - Japanese studio wizard, Keigo Oyamada, with "Planet of the Apes" and Beach Boys fixation.  Keigo was recovering from a dodgy roadside hot dog, but got through his set culled from one of 1998's top albums "Fantasma" which is an eclectic mix of sounds from "Pet Sounds" to dub to cutesy Nip-pop.
•     Sebadoh -  Grunge graduates laying down nice harmonies.
•     Robyn Hitchcock - crazy Limey.  "Sea-Tac, Sea-Tac.  They got great coffee and they got great crack."
•     Flaming Lips - Deafness threatening psycho-delia.
    A long and exhausting night. 
 

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